Shoe-polishing apparatus



July 13 1926. 1,592,016

M. TOzlAN SHOE APoLlsHING APPARATUS Filed April 12. 1924 tively and end members 15 and 15.

Patenteisl July "l laila MAE-JUG TFI, GF ETCEE YRK, hl. Y.

Application filed April 12,

`My present invention relates to `:in apparatus for polishing shoes, boots and the like.j and the object thereof is the provision of a-device for lesseninn' the labor in such operations by so constructing the apparatus that it may be held in the hand and guider thereby to different positions to cause the boots or shoes in their entirety to be polished, the brush beingoperated mechanically' through a suitable source of' power rather than manually as is the'general custom.

In carrying out the invention the apparatus preferably includes a suitable frame in which in guides carried thereby a brush or Vother similar shoe polishing' device is mounted and connected by suitable mechanism for causing the brush to reciprocate in the franie'through the application of power from any suitable source, as will be hereinafter more particularly described. Y "ln the drawing: Y

Fig. 1 isa plan of the shoe polishing apparatusV made in accordance with my present invention.V

Fig. 2 is an elevation and partial section thereof. i

Fig. v3 is a partial transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the brush and brush holder, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan showing` the rack and gears in position at the end of the travel of the. brush and its holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the apparatus made in accordance with this invent-ion preferably comprises a frame which may be made of metal or any other suitable material so as to have a top 10, sides 11 and 12, each of which is provided wi h an inturned flange. as shown at 13 and 14 respecis illustrated, this frame is preferably rectangular in plan.

I also employ a brush holder 17. This may also convenientlyl be made of sheet metal made in two parts suitably connected or otherwise. The ends of the inner part of the brush holder as shown in the drawing' are turned in one direction upwardly as illustrated at 18 and 19, while the corresponding' ends of the other or outer member 17 of the brush holder are turned in the opposite direction, that is downwardly as indicated at 20 and 21. The upper member of the brush holder is adapted to lit within the frame, the sides and adjacent top and flange Vbrush holder. brush there is provided a latch piii 33 adapt-- or less illustrative.

APPARATUS.

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portions acting;l as guides in which the said brush holder may reciprocate. ln order to minimize the friction the brush holder may be provided at the corners thereof with bearingl pockets 23, 24, anc to receive bea-ring balls 26, 2l', 28 and 29 which as illustrated contact both Y',vith the faces ol" the bearing pockets and also with the inner faces of the sides and the adjacent port-ions of the top of the frame.

' The lower portion ofthe brush holder is adapted to receive and retain the body member 30 of a brush in which the usual bristles 31 are suitably connected. ample one endv of the brush body is fitted with pins 32 adapted'to be received in apertures provided therefor in the end 21 of the At the opposite end of the ed to be received in a notch in the lower edge of the end 2O ofthe. brush holder and to engage a bar 35 carried and connected to springs 36 and 3T extending' through slots '38 and 39 in this end 2O of the brush holder and secured in position therein by means of a pin 40 or otherwise, it being' understood that this end ofthe brush body is suitably tapered or slotted or both slotted and-tapered to permit the latch to snap under the bar to retain the body of the brush in the brush holder and to permit the saine to be easily removed therefrom, so that interchangeable brushes inay be readily employed in the apparatus.

l/Vith the brush holder in position in the frame there is an appreciable space between the body of the brush holder and the top of the frame. The brush holder is fitted with an elliptical rib lying within this space and in the outer face of this rib there is a series of gear teeth forming` an elliptical rack 41, while the inner face of the i'ib forms a guide, as hereinafter described. The frame is provided with a head member 42 adaptedto lit between flanges 4S and 44 extending upwardly from the outer surface of the frame andto be secured therein by means of screws 45 and 46 or otherwise, it being understood that this structure is more The head 42 includes a bearing` in which a shaft 47 is journaled. At the upper or outer end of this shaft there is a bevel gear 48 and the outer end of the shaft and its gear are housed in a capy 49 normally secured to the bearing by a set screw 50 or otherwise. The bevel gear 48 For eX- meshes with a bevel gear 51 connected to a tlexil 1e shaft contained in a flexible sheath it being understood thatthe opposite end of the flexible shat't is connected to a inotor or other translating device so as to turn the bevel gear 5l which meshing;` with the 1nevel gear 4S drives the shaft et?. Mounted on the shaft t? is a spur gear and a roller 54, the gear being fixed on the shaft and the roller being loosclj.Iv mounted thereon. nterinediate ot the gea 52E and the roller an arm is also loosel)T mounted on the shatt- Journaled in the outer end ot the arni is a shaft Secured to this shaft 55 on one side ot the arm is a gear 5T adapted to ineeh with the gear 53 and alJ-io secured to the shaft :3G on the opposite side of the arin there a `rear adapted to mesh with the elliptical rack Ltl.

It will now he understood that in the operation of the apparatus the shatt JET is driven Ytrom :unv suitable translating device. that the gear 53 turning with the shaft 4T' turns the shaft 56 through the `sieur 5T and the sha'tt Vf drivinf v the gear ca ses the l 'O brush holder to move irst in one direction and then in the other within the trame ot the apparzttus, the roller Si acting are a guide lo center the parts as the gears carried h v the shat't 5G operate the brush holder hy engagement with the gear 53 and the teeth ol' the elliptical rack. the arm 55 swingingV through an angle ot i800 as the 58 passes troni one side otl the rack to the-other around the ends thereof.

l claim as my invention:

l. In an apparatus for polishing hoera,

shoes and the like, a traine, a brush holder, a brush mounted on said brush holder, a shaft mounted to turn in the said traine, a continuous elongated rack mounted on the said hrush holder, and actuating devices connecting the said shatt and elongated racl: for reciprocating the brush holder and hrush hy turningthe said shaft.

2. In an apparatus tor polishing boots, shoes and the. like, a trame, a brush holder and hrush mounted to reciprocate in the said traine, a shaft journaled in the traine, means t'or drivinY the shatt, an elliptical rack mounted on the said hrush holderA` and gearsv connecting the said shaft and elliptical rack 'for reciproeating` the brush holder and hrush in the 'ri-aine.

3. n an apparatus for polishing boots, shoes and the like, a traine, a hrush holder and hrush mounted to reciprocate in the said l ...11s, eliat'tliournaled in the traine means for driving the shat't, an elliptical rack, a roller mounted on the Sha'tt and adapted to operate within the elliptical racl, a gear on the said shaft an arm mounted on the shaft hctwcen the said gear thereon and the said roller` an auxiliar)Y shaft mounted in the ,Quid arm. a gear secured on the auxiliiuwv ahat't at one eide ot the said arm and adapted to mesh with the gear on the aforesaid sh ti.. "nfl u second gear mounted onthe auxiliary shaft on the opposite side ot the said arm and adapted to engage with the teeth ot' the said elliptical rack.

Signed hy me this 2nd day ot' April. 1924.

MANOUG T OZAN. 

